By Eric Barton

Flory Arevalo couldn't believe Wal-Mart's $7 price tag for the blouses she is paid $3 a day to make in the Philippines.

Who / What:

Wal-Mart convention

workers

By Qurratulain Ain Tahmina

Bangladesh's garment industry may have survived the quota-free global trade regime, but the $8 billion dollar profit it posted in the last fiscal year was built on the backs of 2 million workers barely able to keep body and soul together on dirt wages.

Organic Flowers and Chocolates

EcoTalk

February 3, 2006

Margaret Reeves with Pesticide Action Network talks about the dangers of pesticide use for workers and consumers in the flower trade. Gerald Prolman of Organic Bouquet details the alternative.

They also offer truffles and our chocolate fans listeners recommended Dagoba Organic Chocolate Company out of Ashland, OR, the Endangered Species Chocolate Company and the Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store for lots of environmentally responsible romantic gifts.

By Jane Bussey

SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - Protesters still smart over the local Wal-Mart store's proximity to Mexico's most famous pyramids, suppliers groan about the retailer's relentless drive to cut prices and family-owned bodegas are buckling under the competition. But those everyday low prices are what keep shopper Miguel Ramirez coming back.